Stock Car Racing in East London

In December 2010 I finally got to the East London stock car racing track.  I had not been to the oval racing stock car track in over 20 years!  I remembered a great atmosphere, watching stock car racing as a kid, and I wanted to take my boys to the track before they got too old.  In December they were just turned 13, and almost 12. Tony enjoyed visiting the East London stock car racing track too.

As a kid I would mostly play beneath the grandstands, while my parents sat above me, cheering for my brother who used to do a bit of stock car racing.  Basil Bosch.  I remember once that my brother crashed his little yellow datsun no.36 stock car right in front of the grandstands, and my mother freaked out, but he was fine.

I also remember the tinny music playing from the loudspeakers.  It's you it's you it's you was one song I often heard and remembered.  As well as Islands in the Stream, Hey Micky, and Barbara's Daughter.

I did not feel like a kid again when we watched the stock cars racing around the track, but I still enjoyed myself, and I get a feeling my boys did too, including Tony.  I think we'll be going back a few more times.

I cannot remember who took the stock car photo below.  Obviously it was either me,
or Tony
or Basti
or Zooty

© copyright Teresa Schultz

Plenty of secure parking at Lord Selborne Guest House in Selborne

Parking at Lord Selborne Guest House in East London is secure.  Cars can park securely behind a high wall, and the two gates are automated.  Access to the parking area - and to Lord Selborne Guest House - is gained by drivers of the cars first speaking on the intercom at the entrance gate, to identify who they are.

Radio controlled racing cars in East London

It's almost a sin that the boys were 10 and 11 (about a year ago) before we took them to see some radio controlled cars in East London.  Watching these little radio controlled model racing cars racing around the track near Buffs Club in East London was not only enjoyed by the boys, but by Tony and I too.  The paint jobs on the model cars enhanced their looks, and the boys found these attractive little cars really interesting.  Being female, I guess, the word I would use to describe the colours of the model cars, is "pretty."  There was even a pink one. We would like to take the boys to another race at the Buffs club model car racing grounds sometime, after all, they did quickly forget about wanting to make racing radio controlled model cars their new hobby quickly enough last time.  We don't have enough extra money to support a hobby like this right now. There were other women that day at the racing event in East London, who were actually watching the cars race, so it's obvious to me that radio controlled model car racing is not just a hobby for men and boys, but for women too!

East London police on horses bigger than the cars they're watching

East London police sit on their horses behind the fence at the East London radio controlled cars track near Buffs Club.  The horses actually looked a little interested in the small radio controlled cars too.  These policemen must have been having a bit of break, and probably thought "Why not go show our horses what else we enjoy?"  Little cars or big cars, cars will always be fascinating to boys of all ages - we didn't check, but maybe all those horses were boys too?